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I am 24 weeks and have Puppps all over me. I was given benadryl and steroids nothing is working. Oatmeals baths don't work neither does hydrocortisone cream. it just keeps spreading!! I hear that your suppose to get this at end of 3rd and that it lasts around 6 weeks or till end of pregnancy. Am i going to have this till the end or only 6 weeks?? Help please!!!!

I have FINALLY found relief! a cool or Luke warm shower with TONE cocoa butter soap followed up by gold bond medicated powder (the green bottle) is the best thing possible, not only does it feel cool and refreshing but your itch will be gone for hours! Don't waste your time with creams and other useless methods, I'm telling you this is all you need!

Hi. I developed PUPPP at 20 weeks! After a lot of research I bought Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap. I highly recommend it. What worked best for me is to bath instead of shower, 3 times a day. You cover yourself with soap, stay out of the bath for 5 min, and then you stay in the water for about 10 or 15 min. I then use aqueous cream with aloe. It will go away after some days of doing this. Guaranteed!

I have no answer for this. All I can say is my son is 6 months old and I still have it! Nothing works. Doc. Gave me a mild steroid cream and told me to take claritin wich did nothing. He said it's hormonal and will probably go away after I stop breast feeding and once my hormones go back to normal. I don't want to stop breast feeding beecause it's what's best for my son and he loves it. If there was some way to make it at least tolorable I would do it in a heart beat. So miserable. Sorry all you it'll go away after the baby comes , hopefulls. Be prepared it may not.

I am 37 weeks and was diagnosed with PUPPP today, though the symptoms started last week. I have tried so many different things to try and relieve the horrible itch and have had little success. Mine is worst on my legs, butt, lower back and arms and the best thing I have found is Zyrtec, which makes me a little lethargic so I just don't care as much about the itch. It doesn't make me or my baby as tired as Benadryl, which is awesome, but it helps me sleep. Also, cut your nails as short as you can so you do less damage if you're a sleep scratcher, which I am. And soaking in a really cold bathtub for 20 min makes the itch go away for about an hour and when it starts to come back it's much milder. The cold tub sucks a little a first, but the relief it provides is well worth it and after a few days of it I'm pretty used to the shocking cold when you first get in. I've also been avoiding strenuous activity because that seems to make it worse. Good luck!!

Im 34 weeks and have had pupps for close to a over a month. it was only on my strach marks, but now...sadly its on my thighs, a little on my back and even on my butt!!!!!
nothings really seems to work. my midwife gave me an anti itch cream which only soothes for about n hour till my skin drys again. and if i scrach, not only do i get more itchy, then my skin BURNS with pain!!!!!!! anybody have advice, on soaps or relief????????????????

I had PUPPP with my first son at 32 weeks. I tried almost all of the home remedies (dandelion root, aveeno, etc, etc) and was at my wits end. I ended up choosing oral steroids. All I have to say is...it IS the miracle drug. As luck would have it, my son was born at 35 weeks and his lungs were fully developed because of the steroids I took! I am now 15 weeks pregnant with my second and have developed PUPPP again. The thought of this getting worse for the next 20 weeks is unbearable. I will try all those home remedies again, but would not hesitate to try the oral steroids when my doctor feels its safe.

I got PUPPPs at 23 weeks but at first thought it was a heat rash. By the time I realized it wasn't going away and that it was getting worse I finally went to the OB who sent me to the dermatologist. As soon as she told me what it was I started researching and thought I was going to die to have to live with this for like 16 more weeks. In researching I found most people recommended Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap. I ran right out to Whole Foods and picked it up. I showered 3 times a day in a cold shower for the first week, and am currently on my 2nd week and have been able to go to 2 showers a day. It is definitely HELPING! I can barely see the rash anymore. I don't know if it will go away completely, but it sure keeps the itch down. After my showers I would lather up with Colloidal Oatmeal lotion. This solution is working for me, so I would recommend trying it. The bar of soap is like $4. Definitely worth it. Hope to be down to one shower a day next week!

WARNING.. epidural itch with PUPPS.. Hi ladies. I feel your pain/itch.. I had this horrible condition with both of my boys. And it gets worse with each pregnancy. So much so that my OB told me that I shouldnt get pregnant again. With my first, I got PUPPS at 34 weeks, just around my ankles and wrists. But with number 2, it arrived at 32 weeks and by 35 weeks was everywhere except my face. I thought I was going to go out of my mind. At 35 weeks I was induced and I made the mistake of having an epidural.. if you can believe it, it made the ITCH WORSE.. I had some tpye of reaction to the meds.. they gave me narcam to rverse the itch as well as benydryl but it was too late.. seriously worse than any pain was the epidural itch.. my advise. Dont get an epidural! See if your doctor will give you xanax, take lots of cold showers, and no epidural. You are all in my prayers. Hang in there.. the good news.. IT DOES GO AWAY!!!

I had PUPP with my first pregnancy at 36 weeks (delivered at 41 weeks and the rash went away a month afterwards) and it was excrutiating. Frozen compresses helped, but really, nothing helps much and I tried practically everything. I read somewhere that dandelion extract helps, so I've gotten myself a bottle from GNC just in case I get it again. Currently 26 weeks pregnant with another boy and am praying for a reprieve this time!

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